I pictured a rainbowYou held it in your handI had flashesYou saw the planI wandered out in the world for yearsWhile you just stayed in your roomI saw the crescentYou saw the whole of the moonThe whole of the moon

You were there in the turnstilesWith the wind at your heelsYou stretched for the starsAnd you know how it feelsTo reach too highToo farToo soonYou saw the whole of the moon

I was groundedWhile you filled the skiesI was dumbfounded by truthYou cut through liesI saw the rain dirty valleyYou saw "Brigadoon"I saw the crescentYou saw the whole of the moon

I spoke about wingsYou just flewI wondered, I guessed and I triedYou just knewI sighedAnd you swoonedI saw the crescentYou saw the whole of the moonThe whole of the moonThe whole of the moon

The torch in your pocketAnd the wind at your heelsYou climbed on a ladderAnd you know how it feelsTo get too highToo farToo soonYou saw the whole of the moonThe whole of the moon

Popcorn and cannonballsAll the season's fearsTrumpets, towers, and tenamentsWide oceans full of tearsFlags, rags, ferryboatsSenators and scarsEvery precious dream and visionUnderneath the starsYes, you climbed on a ladderWith the wind in your sailsYou came like a cometBlazing your trailToo highToo farToo soonYou saw the whole of the moon...